tilde

[ til-duh ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Phonetics, Orthography. a diacritic (~) placed over an n, as in Spanish mañana, to indicate a palatal nasal sound or over a vowel, as in Portuguese são, to indicate nasalization.
swung dash.
Mathematics. a symbol (∼) indicating equivalency or similarity between two values.
Logic. a similar symbol indicating negation.

tilde

/ ˈtɪldə /

the diacritical mark (~) placed over a letter to indicate a palatal nasal consonant, as in Spanish señor. This symbol is also used in the International Phonetic Alphabet to represent any nasalized vowel

Origin of tilde¹

1860–65; < Spanish < Latin titulus superscription. See title

Origin of tilde¹

C19: from Spanish, from Latin titulus title, superscription

A letter "p with tilde above" was used twice in OE as an abbreviation for pence; this ebook uses "p" instead.

The spelling Zui with tilde is Spanish; today the word is generally written Zuni.

The spelling Lewis and Clarke was used consistently in the original text, as was Zui with tilde.

Some vowels were written with an overline—here shown as a tilde—representing a following nasal (m or n).

A doubled 'l' with a tilde across the middle is rendered as 'll'.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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